[BAROQUE-LUTE] Thick Gut
A very Merry Christmas to one and all! 'Tis the season to be merry, and so I'm getting new strings...and would like to run something past this list! I'm currently setting up a theorbo that goes down to a low F (i.e. the lowest diapason goes down a tone below the normal low G) to work at a maximum pitch of A=392 - so LOW! It would seem that the low F course would have to be around 1.6mmand this makes me wonder: what is the thickest gut people on this list may have experience going to/would advise using? I've only gone as far as about 1.3mm with plain gut(I realise this is also a question of taste and tolerance.) I know I could use Venice, gimped, or perhaps pistoys for such a low course tooany thoughts? All best holiday wishes, Benjamin -- Dr Benjamin A. Narvey Post-doctorant/Post-Doctoral Fellow Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Sorbonne) IVe Section des Sciences historiques et philologiques t +33 (0) 1 44 27 03 44 p/m +33 (0) 6 71 79 98 98 Site web/Website: [1]www.luthiste.com -- References 1. http://www.luthiste.com/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Thick Gut
p.s. The theorbo is a biggy, with a 165cm string length. -- Dr Benjamin A. Narvey Post-doctorant/Post-Doctoral Fellow Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Sorbonne) IVe Section des Sciences historiques et philologiques t +33 (0) 1 44 27 03 44 p/m +33 (0) 6 71 79 98 98 Site web/Website: [1]www.luthiste.com -- References 1. http://www.luthiste.com/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Trying to contact Jason Petty
Merry Christmas all! I'm trying to find contact details for the luthier Jason Petty... anyone have his email? Season's Greetings Oskar __ Meet singles at ninemsn dating [1]Looking for a great date? -- References 1. http://clk.atdmt.com/NMN/go/150855801/direct/01/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Q on odd tunings for plucked instruments
On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Christopher Stetson cstet...@smith.edu wrote: Hi, Dana and all, and best holiday wishes. Ideed, we should be celebrating Christmas! In re: David van O's speculation about Asian zithers: A bit more about the Japanese koto, its tuning as well as notation, on my sashimisen pages: http://home.planet.nl/~ooije006/sashimisen/things_japanese/koto_f.html David - going to cook now :-) -- *** David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com www.davidvanooijen.nl *** To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
